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UNITED ASTATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,977, dated May 22, 1866.

To all fwhml it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR, of Dayton, in the county ot Montgomery, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Horse-Rakes 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

Like letters and numerals occurring on the diereut figures refer to like parts.

The nature of my invention consists in sev! eral improvements in the construction of horserakes.

To enable others skilled in the art to make Y and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.`

Figure l represents a perspective view ot' the horse-rake; Fig. 2, a top view of a section ot' the'rockiug trame. Fig. 3, a front elevation of a section ol the rocking frame and the supporting-pieces, Fig. 4; Fig. 5, side elevation ot" the supporting-pieces; Fig. (5,-side elevation ot' the lever and attachments.

The axle r and wheels e and shafts fare constructed in the usual manner. The Vshafts have two crosspiecrs, g and Il., to stay the shafts and form a support for the piece 'w and the seat a. The piece w supports the lever 7c. Bolts pass up through the axle, the shafts, and the supporting-piece q to hold the several parts securely together, as represented. The piece 1 is attached by a bolt, 4, to the upper sup porting-pieeep, which forms the base to the rocking frame, and to which the pieces of the frame t c are firmly bolted with bolts l and 2, Fig. 5. by which the rocking frame may be elevated or lowered. The rocking frame is composed of The'pieeep has two or more bolt-holes y used to compress and relieve the springs. To

the forward piece, t, of the frame is attached the piece m, Fig. 2, by the rod n, which passes through holes in the pieces m. To these pieces the ends of the teeth el d are fastened by bolts y 5, Fig. 3, the teeth heilig represented at a. The teeth pass beneath the springs between the rods o o, Fig. 3, and over the piece c, the springs yielding so that uneven ground may be raked over.

The arm t', Fig. 6, is attached to the pieces tc of the frame, and to its upper end is attached the rod l, and to this rod is attached the lever le, which lever works within a slot ot' the piece w and has a fulcrum on the top otl the same. To the lever lc is affixed a foot-piece, rv, by which the teeth are kept in contact with the ground by being pressed upon by the feet; and when it is desirable to raise the teeth the lever 7c is drawn toward the drivers seat, the

frame moving freely on the bolt 4.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The su pporting-piecesp and q, constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes specied.

2. The adjustable spring-har b, when arranged with reference to the springs s s and the rods o o, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

BENJAMIN C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses JOHN PAINTEE, JOSEPH H. STEELE. 

